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Participatory Variety Testing to Replace Old Mega Rice Varieties with Newly Developed Superior Varieties in Bangladesh por Hossain, Mohammad, Islam, Mohammad, Biswas, Partha Sarathi

“…Thus, BRRI dhan67 could be a perfect replacement for BRRI dhan28. However, conducting participatory varietal evaluation trials across the agroecological zones of the country is recommended to validate the results of this study.…”
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Optimizing predictions in IRRI’s rice drought breeding program by leveraging 17 years of historical data and pedigree information por Khanna, Apurva, Anumalla, Mahender, Catolos, Margaret, Bhosale, Sankalp, Jarquín, Diego, Hussain, Waseem

“…Historical datasets with precise and robust pedigree information have been a great resource to help optimize the prediction models in the breeding programs. …”
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Dataset of historic and modern bread and durum wheat cultivar performance under conventional and reduced tillage with full and reduced irrigation por Honsdorf, Nora, Mulvaney, Michael J., Singh, Ravi P., Ammar, Karim, Govaerts, Bram, Verhulst, Nele

“…However, increased bulk density and large amounts of crop residues may be a constraint for early plant establishment. This holds especially true under irrigated production areas with high yield potential. …”
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Wheat yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Ethiopia por Silva, ‪João Vasco, Reidsma, Pytrik, Baudron, Frédéric, Jaleta, Moti, Tesfaye, Kindie, Ittersum, Martin K. van

“…To do so, stochastic frontier analysis was applied to a nationally representative panel dataset covering the Meher seasons of 2009 and 2013 and crop modelling was used to simulate the water-limited yield (Yw) in the same years. …”
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Do farmers’ socioeconomic status determine the adoption of conservation agriculture? An empirical evidence from Eastern and Southern Regions of Cameroon por Ngaiwi, Mary Eyeniyeh, Molua, Ernest Lytia, Sonwa, Denis J., Meliko, Majory O., Bomdzele, Eric J., Ayuk, Justine E., Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos, Latala, Mathunin M.

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Genome-wide association studies of grain yield and quality traits under optimum and low-nitrogen stress in tropical maize (Zea mays L.) por Ndlovu, Noel, Spillane, Charles, McKeown, Peter C., Cairns, Jill E., Das, Biswanath, Gowda, Manje

“…Soils in sub-Saharan Africa are nitrogen deficient due to low fertilizer use and inadequate soil fertility management practices. This has resulted in a significant yield gap for the major staple crop maize, which is undermining nutritional security and livelihood sustainability across the region. …”
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Genotype-by-culture-system interaction in catla and silver carp: Monoculture and biculture por Hamilton, Matthew, Mekkawy, Wagdy, Alam, Md. Badrul, Barman, Benoy, Karim, Manjurul, Benzie, John

“…The objectives of the current study were to i) quantify genetic differences among founder populations (i.e. genetic groups) of family-based genetic improvement programs ii) estimate genetic parameters for harvest weight under different culture systems (i.e. monoculture and biculture) and iii) determine the extent of genotype-by-culture-system interaction – a component of genotype-by-environment-by-management interaction. …”
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ICARDA and SAHARA & Sahel Observatory: Building Resilient Pastoral Systems por Frija, Aymen

“…The meeting focused on adopting an innovative knowledge-sharing approach to take ICARDA's research to a higher policy level for advocacy, change and impact among dryland farmer communities. …”
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Rice yield gaps and nitrogen-use efficiency in the Northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains of India: Evidence based insights from heterogeneous farmers’ practices por Nayak, Harisankar, Silva, ‪João Vasco, Parihar, Chiter Mal, Kakraliya, S., Krupnik, Timothy J., Bijarniya, Deepak, Jat, Mangi Lal, Sharma, Parbodh Chander, Jat, Hanuman Sahay, Sidhu, Harminder Singh, Sapkota, Tek Bahadur

“…A large database of individual farmer field data (n = 4,107) for rice production in the Northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains of India was used to decompose rice yield gaps and to investigate the scope to reduce nitrogen (N) inputs without compromising yields. …”
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Visioning workshops in the Tunisian ALL: Preliminary Data Sets of the Visioning Approach por Rudiger, Udo, Ouerghemmi, Hassen, Alary, Veronique, Idoudi, Zied, Frija, Aymen, Rekik, Mourad, Souissi, Asma, Dhehibi, Boubaker, M'hamed, Hatem Cheikh, Triomphe, Bernard

“…Within the “Transdisciplinary co-creation of innovations in Agroecological Living Landscape-ALL” Work Package (WP) of the Transformational Agroecology Across Food, Land and Water Systems Initiative (AE-I) , it is proposed to use/apply participatory methods to build collectively a vision of the desired agroecological pathways in each ALL. …”
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Profitability of Manufactured Feed Pellets for Small-Scale Crop-Livestock Farmers in Tunisia por Dhehibi, Boubaker, Oussama, Jebali, Frija, Aymen, Rudiger, Udo, Ouerghemmi, Hassen, Idoudi, Zied, Rekik, Mourad, Elayed, Monia, Zaiem, Anis, Moujahed, Nizar

“…During the past few growing seasons, within several R4D initiatives and projects (the SWC@Scale as part of the global GIZ ProSol Program; the CRP-Livestock “feed and forages”, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) funded CLCA phase 2), ICARDA and its national partners have introduced imported feed pellet machines that were donated with a 10% financial contribution (to ensure strong ownership of the technology) to some pre-selected professional farmer organizations (FO) (SMSA and GDA5) and individual farmers including agri-preneurs, with the idea of developing small feed businesses using these machines and boosting the nutrition of local herds. …”
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Labour productivity: The forgotten yield gap por Cock, James H., Prager, Steven D., Meinke, Holger, Echeverria, Ruben

“…Policies are needed that support the development of new enterprises, soft infrastructure, a stronger industrial base and inclusive partnerships with education providers such as universities, research centres, secondary and tertiary education facilities. …”
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Global investment gap in agricultural research and innovation to meet Sustainable Development Goals for hunger and Paris Agreement climate change mitigation por Rosegrant, Mark W., Sulser, Timothy B., Wiebe, Keith D.

“…The investment gap is projected relative to a reference scenario with projections to 2030 using an integrated economic-biophysical model of the global agri-food system. …”
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Strengthen sheep and goat community-based breeding programs in Ethiopia towards scaling por Getachew, Tesfaye, Belay, Berhanu, Rekik, Mourad, Rischkowsky, Barbara, Ambecho, Zelalem Abate, Goshmie, Shenkutie, Haile, Aynalem

“…This training included 18 experts. A total of 219 breeding rams were purchased this year and given to the WaWo initiative.…”
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CGIAR Research Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Portfolio Management Report por Jacobs-Mata, Inga, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Thierfelder, Christian L., Zulu-Hume, Mercy F., Joshi, Deepa, Dror, Iddo

“…The CGIAR Research Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa (Ukama Ustawi) aims to support climate-resilient agriculture and livelihoods in 12 east and southern African countries by helping millions of smallholders intensify, diversify and reduce the risks in maize-based farming through improved extension services, small- and medium-enterprise development, supporting governance frameworks and increased investment with a gender and social inclusion lens. This report provides an overview of the portfolio of innovations developed by the Initiative and its partners.…”
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Accelerating pond aquaculture development and resilience beyond COVID: Ensuring food and jobs in Ghana por Ragasa, Catherine, Agyakwah, Seth K., Asmah, Ruby, Mensah, Emmanuel, Amewu, Sena, Oyih, Matthew

“…Despite wide variability in production and profits, the majority of farmers experienced positive profits—on average, GHC 3.24 per kilogram of tilapia produced, or a 27% profit margin. Farmers who adopted good aquaculture practices and intensified their production have high productivity and positive profits. …”
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Evaluation of resistance of banana genotypes with AAB genome to Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4 in China por Zhan, Ni, Kuang, Mengyu, He, Weidi, Deng, Guiming, Liu, Siwen, Li, Chunyu, Roux, Nicolas Stephan M., Dita Rodriguez, Miguel Angel, Yi, Ganjung, Sheng, Ou

“…The susceptibility to Foc TR4 of some of the AAB genotypes evaluated, especially Plantain and other cooking bananas, indicates that growers dependent on these varieties need to be included as part of the prevention and integrated Foc TR4 management strategies, as these genotypes play a crucial role in food security and livelihoods.…”
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Building sorghum seed sector along the grain market in Tanzania: Areas for policy support por Akpo, Essegbemon, Kalema, Elizabeth Phineas, Kongola, Eliud, Muricho, Geoffrey, Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng

“…Sorghum grain sector faces a number of challenges including unreliable market (close to 36%), low quality grain (about 25%), high tariff (around 11%), lack of storage facilities and low price (around 5 to 6%) (Table 1). …”
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Impacts of land cover and management change on top-of-canopy and below-canopy temperatures in Southeastern Kenya por Abera, T., Heiskanen, J., Maeda, E., Odongo, Vincent O., Pellikka, P.

“…At landscape scale, compared with top-of-canopy land surface temperature warming, which was estimated at Landsat overpass time (∼10:30 a.m.), forest to cropland conversion generates ∼3 °C higher below-canopy surface temperature warming. …”
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Genomic variants affecting homoeologous gene expression dosage contribute to agronomic trait variation in allopolyploid wheat por Fei He, Wei Wang, Rutter, William B., Jordan, Katherine, Jie Ren, Taagen, Ellie, DeWitt, Noah, Sehgal, Deepmala, Sukumaran, Sivakumar, Dreisigacker, Susanne, Reynolds, Matthew P., Halder, Jyotirmoy, Sehgal, Sunish Kumar, Shuyu Liu, Jianli Chen, Fritz, Allan K., Cook, Jason, Brown-Guedira, Gina, Pumphrey, Mike, Carter, Arron, Sorrells, Mark E., Dubcovsky, Jorge, Hayden, Matthew, Akhunova, Alina, Morrell, Peter L., Szabo, Les J., Rouse, Matthew N., Akhunov, Eduard

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